I’m truly stuck. I’ll be transferring in as a sophmore, coming from a great athletic but low academic school where I was playing basketball. I’m sure some answers are going to stay transfer again, which I’m okay with. But what would be better for landing an IB role if I had to stay at one of these, even middle market. I’d be playing ball at Baruch if that makes a difference, but I just don’t know what to do.
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I feel your pain my brother. Graduated from Baruch many moons ago and broke into IB from a MM after several internships, follow-ups, meeting bankers for coffee, etc. We were a super non-target back then so many few broke in but its definitely doable. Join as many info sessions and club meetings as you can. Put that work in to get a referral for a first round or a return offer and then lateral if you want BB. Many more kids are breaking in now albeit its more competitive but you make your luck by talking to as many people as you can and brushing up on your knowledge and why banking. I wish more kids helped each other out. I can PM if you need more guidance. Good luck!
If you're dead set on IB—even MM—I'd give Rutgers NB the edge. Bigger alumni base on the Street, semi-target for a couple BBs/MMs, and they've got more structured pipelines into finance. You’ll still have to hustle (a lot), but there's just more reps, OCR, and alumni pulling for Rutgers kids in banking.
That said, if hooping at Baruch gives you a unique angle, and you can crush GPA + network like crazy in NYC, it’s not a death sentence. There are Baruch kids in IB—it’s just a harder road. No clear pipeline, so it’s all on you.
If you're cool with potentially transferring again and leveling up to a target, that’s probably your highest ROI. But between these two and if you had to pick today? I’d take Rutgers for banking.
I just don’t want to end up stuck at Rutgers with no internships or opportunities. Obviously Rutgers is a better school, but I feel like Baruch’s ability to land internships might give it the edge. Idk.
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Send a PM to me, happy to get on a chat. Attended Baruch and am at a lower BB (BofA, Citi, Barclays)
I can definitely speak on my experience with recruiting and ways to stand out. Quick few points I wanted to hit:
1) Placements at Rutgers are notably better - The Nittany Lion Fund is insane, from what I see, they send 1-2 GS every year
2) Competition at Baruch is super stiff (several spots go to the main 2 finance clubs, I would venture to say that Rutgers have more spots)
3) Location is great but it is up to you to make the most of it
Nittany lion fund?
Nittany Lion fund isn’t even at Rutgers its Penn State
I’m on some crazy pills, my man. I meant to say LIBOR 😭
Spring 2026 Baruch transfer here. Can I PM?
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